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December 28, 2025
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Data Scientist - Analytics

AppLovin,

Palo Alto, California

Analytics, Monitoring & Tooling

  • Build and maintain dashboards, monitoring systems, and automated reporting to track product, business, and model performance.

  • Develop scalable analytics pipelines to surface key metrics, detect anomalies, and support timely issue diagnosis..

  • Define and refine KPIs, using structured, hypothesis-driven analysis to understand performance changes and long-term trends.

Insights Discovery & Model Evaluation

  • Analyze large datasets to identify trends, diagnose performance changes, and uncover growth opportunities.

  • Conduct exploratory analysis, root-cause investigations, and hypothesis-driven deep dives.

  • Support engineering and research science teams in evaluating model performance, including stability, calibration, and long-term health.

Experimentation & Measurement

  • Assist in designing A/B tests, computing key metrics, and interpreting results.

  • Apply basic statistical reasoning (e.g., variance, confidence intervals, significance testing) to support decision-making.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with engineering to integrate new data sources, refine data structures, and enable scalable analytics.

  • Work with product and business teams to understand analytical needs and translate them into actionable solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or another quantitative discipline.

  • Basic understanding of core statistical concepts and introductory modeling techniques, with the ability to apply them in practical analysis

  • 0–3 years of experience in data analytics or data science (internships or projects count).
    Proficiency with SQL and at least one analytical programming language (Python preferred).

  • Ability to work with large datasets and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

  • Ability to translate business questions into analytical frameworks and communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Curious, proactive mindset with a desire to learn quickly and contribute meaningfully.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Data Science or a related quantitative discipline.

  • Experience with BI tools such as Looker, Tableau, Superset, Metabase, or similar.

  • Familiarity with cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake) and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.

  • Exposure to A/B testing, experiment design, or statistical evaluation.

  • Understanding of digital advertising, performance marketing metrics, or online marketplace dynamics.

  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, business).

What You’ll Gain

  • Hands-on experience with real production analytics, monitoring systems, and model evaluation.

  • Opportunities to build foundational infrastructure that scales across teams.

  • Exposure to high-scale data challenges and real-world ML performance considerations.

  • A meaningful role in driving insights that inform product and business strategy.

AppLovin provides a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance rewards approach. Total compensation at AppLovin is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Depending on the position offered, equity, and other forms of incentive compensation (as applicable) may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to dental, vision, and other benefits.

CA Base Pay Range

$124,000 - $186,000 USD

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